Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Archive maker marked “RZM M4/24”

maker marked “RZM M4/24”

suspended from a traditional Spanish horizontal hanger with pinback

The goal of this now extinct order was to distinguish the services performed by people or corporations in order to further the instruction in the country

Lightweight tan colored cotton construction

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Archive maker marked “RZM M4/24”(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a block hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with